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Seeking a publisher

Can I say that the nanobattery encyclopedia article has gone to the editor? Yes, and with relief. But it seems that my garden history writing is not as in demand as my scientific writing (though it is infinitely more tedious) because I arrived home to two rejection letters. Author friends tell me that this is not very many, really, but still, I have decided to put it into the ether of the internet and the hands of my readers: if anyone out there is (or knows) an agent or publisher who would like to hear more about a book on Art Deco gardens, Gatsby's gardens, the mostly lost gardens where F. Scott Fitzgerald went to parties and Josephine Baker danced and Man Ray took pictures, gardens of jazz and blue and speed and light, just get in touch.

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Oh, and if you need, say, a nano-solar cell made I can do that for you too.

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I hope that you are to find a publisher! It would be such an interesting book to read. Do you have an account on twitter.com? There are a lot of gardening types there ~ some who work for garden magazines, others are garden designers etc. They may have some great ideas for getting published. Just a thought ~ it can be a bit of a time waster, but might be worth putting some time in...

Consider self-publishing Anna. Mainstream publishers are only out for the (dollar) but it doesn't mean the books aren't good. Gardening mags here receive over 200 submissions from authors a WEEK and it is hard to break into without a celebrity name.

I'm going to pass the link of this round to everyone I know because I want to read this book (and not just because I'm a strange stalkery type!!) So good to meet you recently and, speaking as a writer, two rejections is absolutely nothing.

Have you thought of publishing something shorter on the topic in a journal such as Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes? I think it is a great area, one I am very interested in but not really working on and I would love to read a book on it.

Sounds interesting, will keep an eye out. I think from what I know talking to various people about turning research into books is that articles are a good place to generate interest. I have noticed that The University of Pennsylvania Press has been publishing quite a few garden history books lately. Might be worth investigating. Good Luck.

i would love to read this book! i don't know anything about finding a publisher, but i always think that books with lovely images in them should go to blurb.com and self-publish, because (a)i've seen the end product of such a book and thought it beautiful (high-quality), and (b)it's print-on-demand, so you don't have to fret about how expensive those books are to make, usually, with a regular publisher. then, when your article is published, it leads people to your book, your blog leads people, if you have a flickr account...etc. but then it's out there, and it's beautiful, and another publisher can still always pick it up and put advertising $ behind it. but you can also print 10 or so and put them in the local coffee shop, or art gallery, or book store. just a thought :)

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When people hear I have a master's degree in Garden History, their first response is often to laugh. It does have something of the underwater-basket-weaving ring to it. Next they're surprised, as I myself was initially, to find out that it is in fact a serious and scholarly 'field' of study; much like architectural history, only about landscapes instead of buildings.

Then, then, they're fascinated. It only takes a little explaining for them to catch on that gardens are so much more than just a pretty place. So much more than just a collection of plants. I hope to share what, and why, with this blog.

History begins with the last moment. So this blog will also include recent garden history...spaces and objects of interest now, as well as what is past. No generation has a lock on what is beautiful or innovative, so the best understanding, the best design, the most satisfying garden places, have something of both past and present, now and then.